Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £2,193,801
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Miscellaneous health services (CPV 85140000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 057618-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date22 May 2026
- Published18 Jun 2026Published 27 days after the contract date
Description
NHS Lincolnshire ICB has utilised direct award process C of the Provider Selection Regime regulations to award a contract for the provision of: To provide a rapid response to any person(s) suffering an acute medical emergency or injury within the county of Lincolnshire using Voluntary Emergency Services, The Falls Service and Community Emergency Medicine .The contract duration is from 1st April 2026 to 31st March 2027 and the expected value of the activity for the lifetime of the contract is £2193801 The provider is an existing provider and the services are existing services.
About the supplier
Lincolnshire Integrated Voluntary Emergency Services (LIVES): every public contract they have won.